Kickers can never be overrated. Every year, several games in the National Football League come down to a late field goal attempt. Being a kicker on any level requires a lot of mental preparation. One missed kick can and sometimes will ruin a kicker’s psyche. In the blink of an […]

FAMU got an early jump on this year’s recruitment period, when it welcomed three transfer players to the team last week. Sophomore quarterback Josh Driscoll from Arkansas StateUniversity , freshman defensive tackle Dexter Wallace from Bowling Green State University and sophomore running back Alfonso Mounts, Jr. from University of Miami […]

According to experts, finding the right form of birth control has become an important area of concern for many college students. The birth control pill is the most popular contraception among college women because it is easy to start and stop, said Sherry Tobia of Planned Parenthood in Lilburn, Ga. […]

The will of the Rattler was severely tested Saturday night by a winless Maryland-Eastern Shore team (0-11, 0-3) in a double overtime thriller in Gaither Gymnasium. And it passed as the Rattlers were able to overcome a 41-point outburst by UM-ES’s leading scorer (junior guard) Tee Trotter, a 10-point second […]

Coming off a 2-2 road trip over the winter break, the Rattlerettes improved their record to 5-7 with Saturday’s 83-78 win over University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. Coach Debra Clark knew that her team wouldn’t match up well with the opponents’ size, so she made her game plan accordingly. “They weren’t […]

Yasmin Moody was beaten to death by her parents. The 3-year-old girl from Ogden, Utah was beaten until her small frame was riddled with open wounds. Her parents then poured hot sauce and rubbing alcohol into the wounds. To suppress the screams, her parents allegedly placed a pillow over her […]

In 2001, as Florida Gov. Jeb Bush touted several accomplishments in supporting Florida A&M University and state minorities, his positive job-approval rating among black Floridians continued to slide–reaching a dismal 8 percent. It’s questionable whether Bush will ever convince most blacks he sincerely cares about them. During his 1994 gubernatorial […]

There’s a powerful and perfect faction in professional sports whose mistakes are often covered up, overlooked and free from criticism. However, something unusual happened last week. National Football League officials had to endure a wave of criticism due to their non-call on the final play of a Wild Card playoff […]

Everytime I go on a reporting internship, I look to the vets of the newsroom to know how I should carry myself. And I look to the situations I witness to know how certain things should be handled. And the situation at The Tallahassee Democrat involving political reporter and columnist […]

Registration is finally over and students have turned their attention away from the Grand Ballroom to their mailboxes as they await the arrival of the long-anticipated net check. “It usually takes about one month before I receive a net check,” said Virgil Miller, 21, a senior biology student from West […]